Thank you for visiting the Sandroyd and The Walled Garden web site. It is never easy to gain a true picture of a school and all the things that happen within it from a distance. I hope that this site can at least go some way towards showing the huge variety of things we do here: academically, culturally and socially.

For those visiting the site for the first time I hope that a look at the prospectus and at our full and busy calendar, along with the ever-changing reports and term news, will go towards painting part of the picture. Please do not hesitate to ring the office and make an appointment at any time.

For those of you more familiar with our busy life here at Rushmore, we update reports regularly and, whether you are logging on to look at latest team news, or additions to the calendar, I hope the website is proving user-friendly. Do contact us by telephone, fax or e-mail if you encounter any problems or have any queries as you enjoy our site.

Please note that under 'Term News' on the right of this page you can read more detailed reports of those events which specifically concern this term.

There are certain pages of the site that are only available to those visitors who register with us. The registration process is free and simple - just follow the instructions on the right-hand side of the front page. You need to click on 'register' first of all and then fill in the form. Once you've done that you'll get an e-mail registering your user name and password. You'll then be able to access all our pages, either by logging on each time or by checking the box 'remember me' and not logging off when you leave the site.

Visitors to this site, and certainly those who have come to the school, will more than likely have noticed that a Temple is very much the symbol of Sandroyd. This temple, like that dedicated to the goddess Vesta in Rome, was put up close to the main house by General Pitt-Rivers, the owner of Rushmore House, in 1890 to commemorate the birth of his first grandson. The building has fifteen fluted columns of Bath stone, surmounted by Corinthian capitals. The dome is made of copper and the whole structure originally cost £1,792. A band was quickly formed to perform therein - sixteen workmen from Rushmore Estate underwent intensive training from Band Sergeant Spencer of the Grenadier Guards. The General expressly forbade the playing of any hymn tunes! The last band to play in the Temple was 'The Yetties' who managed, with very little prompting, to follow the late General's instructions.

 

 

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    Mr Fow has changed the date of the Summer Activity Courses - here is the revised timetable

 

    Reports by Nicola Beament on the Stonar School one-day event championships and on the Sandroyd Mounted Games - with photographs

 

    Summer cooking course - bookings now being taken

 

     It's nearly that time of year again!  Here is a reminder about the Summer Fête

 

     Two shooting days available

 

     A very special charity appeal from Old Sandroydian, Freddie Fuller

 

     Information about the whole range of activities on offer next term

 

     Sandroyd Pony Club - Summer Riding and Care Course

    To view this site at its best, we recommend using the Mozilla Firefox browser rather than the Internet Explorer which can lead to some rather strange spacings etc. 

 

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Sandroyd

Rushmore

Tollard Royal

Salisbury
Wiltshire SP5 5QD